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Small Business Resource

Foursquare: A no-brainer for local merchants

June 16, 2010

The media hype, warranted or not, over social media sites can be overwhelming especially for small businesses. Where to start? How to keep up? It seems like it could take up all your spare time and it can. This is why I recommend a well thought out strategy for small businesses that includes social media [...]

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Top FREE Mobile Applications You Can Be Using to Do Business Today

June 3, 2010

This post is an article I wrote for a golf tournament I am sponsoring today. Keep that in mind when reading. This is for the golfers to read while on the course. They will be enjoying a sunny, beautiful Thursday afternoon, but you get the hyperlinks!

Top FREE Mobile Applications You Can Be Using to Do [...]

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My Truly Virtual Office

January 18, 2010

My office is now truly virtual. I have worked for myself from home since 2000. I used to say my office is Starbucks and now after many years of meetings at the coffee shop and working at home in my office, I can truly say that I have a virtual office.
In the past year, I [...]

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thecardboard.net – free business card listing service

August 24, 2009

I just posted my business card at thecardboard.net – a free listing service. Check it out and upload your card! There is also space for a profile of your business. Visitors to the site can contact you, email your card to others, map to your location, or add your card to their collection. There is [...]

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Converting Files

April 14, 2009

Converting files can be one of the most challenging tasks I have as a web designer. Today, I had to post a video to a client site. The video came to me on a DVD in a format not suited for the web. I don’t have high end video editing software so I wasn’t sure [...]

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How fast is your Internet connection really?

March 6, 2009

If you want to find out, visit this great site – SPEEDTEST.NET.

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Ah, The Beauty of TinyURL

November 11, 2008

I just had a wonderfully typical experience with TinyURL and thought I should share it in case you weren’t familiar with this fabulous site.  The site’s premise states in the title “shorten that long URL to a Tiny URL”. Makes sense, right? But why would you use it?
I was sending some information via email and [...]

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Create Your Own Avatar

September 20, 2008

I just happened upon an incredible site called faceyourmanga.com where you can create your own avatar for use with your blog, facebook, twitter, etc. I played around and created this one. It was fun. What a great tool. I’m not sure how they make any money but it’s a great thing for those of us [...]

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LinkedIn Maiden Name

July 11, 2008

Why is there no spot on LinkedIn for my maiden name? I am not sure how my collegiate friends are supposed to find me. I am guessing that it was designed by a man who wouldn’t even think about this.
After this post, I found this issue discussed on another blog. You can find a band-aid [...]

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